Automobile mirror



June 16, 1931.

H. c. PAULSON 1,810,435

AUTOMOBILE MIRROR Filed Feb. 25. 1.929

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented June 16, 1931 UNITED STATES" HENRY G. PAULSON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR'TO THE PROOF MACHINE AND PATENT OFFICE BRASS FOUNDRY COMPANY,' OF CLEVELAND, OHIO r AUTOMOBILEiMIRiR-ORL Applicatibn filed February 25, 1929. serial No. 342,496.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in supports and more particularly to these forms of supports classified as brackets. 7

An objectrof the invention comprehends F the rovision of an attachin 'arm ada ted to D 7 be carried by and adjustably mounted-upon the barrel of a hinge.

An additional object of the invention consists in the provision of a complemental arm carried upon the opposed end of the'hinge pin.

A further object of the invention embodies a socket member carried by the complemental arm. a

I More specifically stated the attaching arm is provided with aconnecting pinreceivable by the socket member.

With'the above and other objects in View, the invention further consists of the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings j I t 'Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved form of bracket as applied and in use upon the door hinge of a motor vehicle.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View:

taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken 7 on line'33 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings'in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 downwardly for an appreciable distance in spaced parallelism with the barrel of the hinge. t

Ajn attaching arm 16, carried by and outwardly projecting from'the extension 15,'carrles a frame ,1; upon the outermost end thereof to support a mirror or other reflecting element. XA ring, such as indicated at 18,projecting centrallyfrom the back of the frame 17', receives'the outermost projecting endof the attaching arm 16 in the manner shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. An enlargement 19, formed upon the attachingarm l6, abuts one slde of the ring 18 whereas a fasteningelement, in thenature of a nut 20,

carries an extension 22, corresponding to that of the extenslon 15. A socket or sleeve portion 23, carried by and formed as a continua-- tion of the extension 22 and upstanding for appreciabledistances above the complemental attaching ear 21, accommodates the lowermost projecting end of a pin member 24, de-

- pending from'the juncture of association of the attaching arm 16 with the extension 15 of the attaching ear 10, and within the bore thereof.

From the application of the present in vention, it is obviously apparent that a rear View mirror is provided upon the left or right hinge of door of a closed model motor vehicle. The connection, as established between the attaching arm 16 and the hinge 12, will facilitate swinging movement of the attaching arm 16 whereby the mirror may be properly focused for the convenience of the driver.

Although the present form of bracket has been shown applied and illustrated upon the door hinges of motor vehicles, it is obviously apparent that the attaching ears 10 and 21 respectively may be effectively employed upon the sleeve end of any sort of arm positioned in any l kely place where a rear view mlrror may be deslred. V

The only change necessary in the proper employment of the present invention upon the hinges of motor vehicle body hinges is in the-removal of the customary hinge pins and the substitution of the bolt members or pins 11,- the latter being long enough to project through the additional thicknesses at taching portions for the ears 10 and 21.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what i is claimed is An attaching bracket for mirrors upon the door hinges of motor vehicles comprising complemental' attaching ears receiving the terminal ends of the hinge pin therethrough,

extensions carried by and depending from the outermost projecting ends of said ears, an attaching arm for the mirror carried by one of the extensions, a sleeve member mounted upon and upstanding from the remaining extension and spaced from the adjacent end of the first mentioned extension, and a pin member carried by and depending from the first mentioned extension projecting terminally thereof within the bore of said sleeve.

HENRY C. PAULSON. 

